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This year’s expected surge in IPOs and M&A deals should drive a proliferation of strategic equity derivative transactions, with $2bn of fees up for grabs
Bankers predict megadeals, plentiful debt and IPOs. The dealmaking resurgence even has a political slogan: European unity
France’s investment banking market recovered strongly in 2025 but that doesn’t mean domestic banks are happy. The market is super-competitive and US firms are winning many of the best mandates
The US bank has won more market share in European IB than its rivals after overhauling its leadership and doubling down in the region’s biggest markets
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The UK will be Europe’s investment banking battleground in 2013 as heavyweights slug it out for market share, writes David Rothnie.
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RBS faces a difficult task ensuring the strategy for its investment bank is not destroyed by the Libor scandal, writes David Rothnie.
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Singapore’s state-owned investment fund has added investment bankers to its ranks as it looks to seize opportunities created by bank deleveraging, writes David Rothnie.
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Bankers’ jubilation over the watering down of Basel III will do little to calm the concerns of clients looking for long term liquidity, writes David Rothnie.
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Deleveraging at BNP Paribas has put the bank’s CIB franchise in a position to boost its global standing, writes David Rothnie.
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Glencore’s $45.8bn acquisition of Xstrata, the biggest takeover of the year, proved the value of strong long-term relationships at a time when the world order in investment banking is changing, writes David Rothnie.